1966 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament

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1966 NCAA University Division
Baseball Tournament
Season 1966
Teams28
Finals site
Champions Ohio State  (1st title)
Runner-up Oklahoma State (6th CWS Appearance)
Winning coach Marty Karow  (1st title)
MOP Steve Arlin (Ohio State)

The 1966 NCAA University Division Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1966 NCAA University Division baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its twentieth year. Eight regional districts sent representatives to the College World Series with preliminary rounds within each district serving to determine each representative. These events would later become known as regionals. Each district had its own format for selecting teams, resulting in 28 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. [1] The twentieth tournament's champion was Ohio State, coached by Marty Karow. The Most Outstanding Player was Steve Arlin of Ohio State.

Contents

Tournament

The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight district sites across the country, each consisting of between two and four teams. [2] The winners of each District advanced to the College World Series.

Bold indicates winner.

District 1 at Boston, MA

Semifinals Finals
    
Boston College 8
Massachusetts 5
Boston College 2
Northeastern10
Northeastern 5
Colby 4

District 2 at Princeton, NJ

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
St. John's 9
Rutgers 4
St. John's2
Winner's bracket
Lafayette 0
Lafayette 15
Colgate 0
St. John's8
Lafayette 3
Rutgers3
Colgate 2
Lafayette4
Loser's bracket
Rutgers 3

District 3 at Gastonia, NC

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Mississippi State 4
Florida State 3
Mississippi State 4
Winner's bracket
North Carolina5
North Carolina 7
East Carolina 1
North Carolina5 6
Florida State 64
Florida State6
East Carolina 4
Mississippi State 0
Loser's bracket
Florida State7

District 4 at Columbus, OH

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
          
Ohio State 13
Valparaiso 3
Ohio State10
Winner's bracket
Western Michigan 3
Western Michigan 18
Southern Illinois 4
Ohio State14
Western Michigan 7
Valparaiso4
Southern Illinois 3
Western Michigan5
Loser's bracket
Valparaiso 2

District 5 at Stillwater, OK

Finals
    
Oklahoma State 44
Saint Louis 3 3

District 6 at Houston, TX

Finals
    
Texas 4 98
Houston 53 5

District 7 at Tucson, AZ

Preliminary rounds at Greeley, CO and Laramie, WY.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Idaho 3
Colorado State College 1 Idaho24
Air Force 7Air Force 1 2
Colorado State College 6 Idaho 2 5
Arizona38
Arizona 104
Wyoming 2 0

District 8 at Los Angeles, CA

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
Southern California 11*
Cal Poly Pomona 7*
Southern California5
Winner's bracket
Washington State 2
Washington State 5*
Fresno State 2*
Southern California7
Washington State 4
Fresno State5
Cal Poly Pomona 4
Washington State2*
Loser's bracket
Fresno State 1*

College World Series

Participants

SchoolConferenceRecord (Conference)Head CoachCWS AppearancesCWS Best FinishCWS Record
Arizona WAC 39–13 (8–4) Frank Sancet 7
(last: 1963)
2nd
(1956, 1958, 1960)
16–14
North Carolina ACC 21–11 (12–2) Walt Rabb 1
(last: 1960)
7th
(1960)
0–2
Northeastern 18–6 (n/a) John Connelly 0
(last: none)
none0–0
Ohio State Big 10 22–5–1 (6–0) Marty Karow 2
(last: 1965)
2nd
(1965)
4–4
Oklahoma State Big 8 18–9 (13–7) Chet Bryan 5
(last: 1961)
1st
(1959)
15–9
Southern California CIBA 42–7 (16–4) Rod Dedeaux 9
(last: 1964)
1st
(1948, 1958, 1961, 1963)
26–13
St. John's Metropolitan 23–7 (7–3) Jack Kaiser 2
(last: 1960)
4th
(1949)
1–4
Texas SWC 20–7–1 (9–6) Bibb Falk 9
(last: 1965)
1st
(1949, 1950)
19–15

Results

Bracket

 First round  Second round  Third round
              
 Winner's bracket
  Texas 5 
  Arizona 1  
   Texas0 
   St. John's2  
  St. John's 5     
  Northeastern 3    
   St. John's7
   Ohio State8
  Southern California 6    
  North Carolina 2     
   Southern California2  
   Ohio State6 
  Ohio State 4  
  Oklahoma State 2 
 Loser's bracket
 Arizona8 
 Northeastern1  Southern California8
  Arizona4
 North Carolina1 
 Oklahoma State5  Texas1
  Oklahoma State6
 Semifinals  Finals  if needed
              
 Re-ordered Semifinals
 Ohio State1   Ohio State8
 Southern California5     Oklahoma State2
   Ohio State1  
   Southern California0 
 St. John's1  
 Oklahoma State6 

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
June 13Game 1 Texas 5–1 Arizona
Game 2 St. John's 5–3 Northeastern
Game 3 Southern California 6–2 North Carolina
Game 4 Ohio State 4–2 Oklahoma State
June 14Game 5 Arizona 8–1 Northeastern Northeastern eliminated
Game 6 Oklahoma State 5–1 North Carolina North Carolina eliminated
Game 7 St. John's 2–0 Texas
Game 8 Ohio State 6–2 Southern California
June 15Game 9 Southern California 8–4 Arizona Arizona eliminated
Game 10 Oklahoma State 6–1 Texas Texas eliminated
Game 11 Ohio State 8–7 St. John's
June 16Game 12 Southern California 5–1 Ohio State
June 17Game 13 Oklahoma State 6–1 St. John's St. John's eliminated
Game 14 Ohio State 1–0 Southern California Southern California eliminated
June 18Final Ohio State 8–2 Oklahoma State Ohio State wins CWS

All-Tournament Team

The following players were members of the All-Tournament Team.

PositionPlayerSchool
P Steve Arlin (MOP)Ohio State
John StewartUSC
C Chuck Brinkman Ohio State
1B Russ Nagelson Ohio State
2B Matt Galante St. John's
3B Bob Toney Oklahoma State
SS Joe Russo St. John's
OF Bo Rein Ohio State
Ray Shoup Ohio State
Wayne Weatherly Oklahoma State

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